Hacker News "Who is hiring?" thread (freelancer), May 2019

by: lmcnearney
text: Armor Games | LAMP Web Developer | Irvine, CA or Remote<p>Armor Games is in need of a part-time&#x2F;freelance web developer who can dedicate 1-2 days a week toward refactoring and updating our codebase. Our website and back-end systems encompass multiple legacy code bases (primarily written in PHP 5) including a number of home-grown libraries and frameworks.<p>Additional information and contact information is on our employment website: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;employment.armorgames.com" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;employment.armorgames.com</a>

by: ReDeiPirati
text: Technical Writers, Bloggers - Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Artificial Intelligence | Remote (anywhere on the blue planet)<p>FloydHub is a YC start-up building AI infrastructure and tools. We have a popular platform with a highly satisfied and growing user base.<p>We are passionate about the power of artificial intelligence and truly believe these technologies will make a lasting positive impact on the world. We are doing our part to accelerate the adoption of AI by creating easy-to-use tools and by educating more people about fundamental concepts, best practices and advanced techniques in AI. Our blog plays a critical role in educating our current audience and others interested in entering the field.<p>We are looking for bloggers, writers, and content editors to create engaging and informative pieces for our audience.  If you are a data scientist or software engineer looking to write about your areas of expertise or what you are learning, we are still interested. This is a great opportunity for you to contribute to the biggest technology revolution since the advent of the internet and work alongside influencers in AI.<p>Come write for us. Come be part of the revolution.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;blog.floydhub.com&#x2F;write-for-floydhub&#x2F;?utm_source=hn&amp;utm_medium=post&amp;utm_campaign=call_for_writers_april_2019" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;blog.floydhub.com&#x2F;write-for-floydhub&#x2F;?utm_source=hn&amp;...</a>

by: AlexMuir
text: SEEKING FREELANCER<p>Full stack developer.<p>Stack: Rails&#x2F;React&#x2F;Postgres&#x2F;SASS<p>We need an eCommerce platform for small chains of brick-and-mortar shops (1-20) to list and sell their stock online. Mainly we are talking furniture, books, CDs and DVDs (... yes, CDs and DVDs).<p>Basically you&#x27;ll build a more narrow version of Shopify.<p>We&#x27;re not trying to win any Red Dot awards here but ideally you&#x27;ve got the ability to theme Bootstrap.<p>To give an idea, I&#x27;m expecting v1.0 of this project to come in at between $10k-20k.<p>I&#x27;m afraid there is no flexibility on the stack.<p>me@alexmuir.com

by: promptworks
text: SEEKING FREELANCER. Philadelphia. Local only.<p>We are a development shop that focuses on software craftsmanship. Our calling is to help companies create amazing, intuitive web &amp; mobile applications, APIs, products, and services.<p>Pair programming, continuous integration &amp; delivery, kaizen, and TDD&#x2F;BDD aren&#x27;t just ideas we pay lip service to, but core practices of our day-to-day work.<p>We love polyglots. We use lots of Ruby, Python, Elixir, and JavaScript (mostly React and React-Native).<p>As PromptWorks grows, so does demand on our engineering team. We often find ourselves fielding development inquiries from excellent clients working outside our preferred stacks and expertise or we occasionally don’t have enough staff to fill out a team with employees. In those cases, we like to work with seasoned, versatile contractors that are excited to dive in. We are seeking experienced freelance engineers to mutually expand our business.<p>Skills we are currently looking for:<p><pre><code>  • Ruby &amp; Rails
  • Elixir &amp; Phoenix
  • Kubernetes, Docker, AWS Lambda
  • Python
  • React, Angular
  • React Native
  • .NET
  • iOS, Android
</code></pre>
<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.promptworks.com&#x2F;jobs" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.promptworks.com&#x2F;jobs</a>

by: anon1094
text: RemoteLeads | Part-Time Contract Email Writer | 100% Remote<p>Are you looking for a 100% remote writing position where you can set your own hours, work in any timezone, and no micromanagement?<p>I&#x27;m Derick, the founder of RemoteLeads, and I&#x27;m looking for a freelance writer to join my team on a part-time, contract basis.<p><i>About you</i>:
We&#x27;re looking for someone with an advanced command of written English who can do the following:<p><pre><code>  · Respond to email support requests in a timely manner that come in for all products (see below).

  · Write enticing summaries of job posts intended for consumption via email that make readers want to know more.

  · Write a weekly status email with updates on what you accomplished during the week.
</code></pre>
<i>About the company</i>:
RemoteLeads, LLC is a bootstrapped, independent company that serves freelancers who want to work remotely and have a location-independent lifestyle working remotely. We run three products (RemoteLeads, RemoteFreelancers, and Gigbox).<p>You&#x27;ll be helping us write emails for all three products.<p>If you&#x27;ve read this far and you want to help freelancers go remote and live life on their own terms, apply with the instructions below.<p><i>Application Instructions</i>:<p><pre><code>  1. Send an email to writer@remoteleads.io with &quot;email writer&quot; somewhere in the email subject line.

  2. Attach your resume. Also, include a short cover letter.

  3. In cover letter include previous experience you have doing freelance writing (blog posts, emails, etc.)
</code></pre>
If everything looks good, you&#x27;ll hear back from us soon.<p>I&#x27;m looking forward to hearing from you,
Derick from RemoteLeads

by: nolite
text: Boundless Digital | Senior Backend &#x2F; Frontend (Django &#x2F; VueJS) | EU Timezones | <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.boundlessdigital.fr" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.boundlessdigital.fr</a><p>Boundless aims to simplify the world of computer networking, by providing tools to help automate deployments, management, and monitoring.<p>Our current principal product is a web based Wifi management system, which allows anyone to create a guest wifi access page in minutes, using a drag and drop interface.  We’ve partnered with the world’s leading networking vendors to create a unified platform, and are currently continuing development on this product, and beginning a new product line to help the full on automation of network management.<p>We’re a very small team, bootstrapped profitable, and based in the center of Paris.<p>Our stack is made of Django, Django Rest Framework, AWS, Postgresql, and is full serverless.<p>We’re looking to hire for two positions to help continue our growth<p>Backend:
Django, Django Rest Framework<p>Frontend: 
Vue<p>Ideally you have at least 5 years of experience with a similar stack, in a startup or tech company.<p>Contact:  sidney@boundlessdigital.fr

by: kkoppenhaver
text: Alpha Particle | Full-Stack Wordpress | Chicago or remote | alphaparticle.com | full post: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;alphaparticle.com&#x2F;wordpress-developer-contract&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;alphaparticle.com&#x2F;wordpress-developer-contract&#x2F;</a><p>Alpha Particle is a Chicago-based digital consultancy that helps clients plan and build their web-based projects.<p>Our clients include large publishers and small WordPress sites, established SaaS companies and new startups.  Most of work is either built on WordPress or Laravel, though there is a fair amount of pure consulting.<p>We&#x27;re looking to hire part-time contractors to assist with our growing portfolio of clients<p>Ideally you can build a site in WordPress, modifying PHP as necessary, and are comfortable with some ambiguity with design.  You will have access to Alpha Particle development and design resources to help you where necessary and a Project Manager will be able to answer any functionality questions you may have.<p>Contact: hello@alphaparticle.com and mention HN.

by: Confiks
text: Open source <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;privacybydesign" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;privacybydesign</a> | The Netherlands | Remote (EU) or on-site<p>We&#x27;re looking for a part-time&#x2F;freelance mobile developer with an affinity for security and privacy to work on our mobile app and associated software.<p>- We&#x27;re primarily looking for someone strong on the frontend who can implement smooth interactions, and make a complex topic intuitively understandable in an interface.<p>- You&#x27;ll be working on top of a cryptographic protocol and client that tries to preserve the privacy of the user in everyday tasks.<p>- We&#x27;re keeping an eye on Flutter as a technology that offers performance and a well-rounded set of official components for mobile. Be sure to respond if you feel confident in this area.<p>- All our code is open source. That also means the code you write is yours to take anywhere.<p>- We pay a decent rate (or salary), but it will probably not be the top amount.<p>See my HN profile for contact information.

by: embrangler
text: Boulder, CO | Remote | US Time Zone<p>At Uplift, we’re on a mission to perfect our working lives all while learning, building, and enjoying our free time. We&#x27;re looking for a well-rounded software engineer with:<p>* mid&#x2F;senior React&#x2F;React Native experience<p>* strong CSS skills<p>* mid&#x2F;senior GraphQL, Apollo experience<p>Bonus:<p>* Freelance&#x2F;project experience (most important)<p>* Familiar w&#x2F; Heroku or AWS<p>* Native iOS or Android experience<p>* Understanding of databases, SQL<p>If you&#x27;re self-sufficient, passionate &amp; a good communicator, apply now!<p>Begin part-time and go from there.<p>#### To apply, please include:<p>* Location and preferred working hours (US-based preferred)<p>* Details about your experience with React &amp; React Native<p>* Details about your experience with GraphQL, Apollo or Typescript<p>* Current &amp; next 3 months of availability, range is OK. At least 15 hours a week.<p>Email work@uplift.agency | <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.uplift.agency&#x2F;careers&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.uplift.agency&#x2F;careers&#x2F;</a>

by: quasardb
text: Paris, France | New York, USA - REMOTE, Clojure - timezones: any<p>QuasarDB makes the QuasarDB timeseries database and our use cases are amongst the most insane you can think of in terms of volumes and latency requirements. The R&amp;D team is small and made of outsanding tech veterans that are looking for only one thing: just deliver the best product ever.<p>That team needs someone to take on our admin&#x2F;monitoring GUI written in Clojure! You will own the UI and will take important decisions in terms of UX.<p>You&#x27;ll be given specs and you will work closely with the R&amp;D team.<p>Development environment: Clojure, continuous integration, git, slack, zoom, etc.<p>E-mail: jobs@quasardb.net Company web site: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.quasardb.net&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.quasardb.net&#x2F;</a>

by: bryanjoseph
text: Remote (Los Angeles) - USA developer<p>High-Performance API Backend Developer<p>Seeking a US-based senior developer with extensive experience building high-performance, api-driven backend systems.  Project estimated at roughly 150 hours, thereafter TBD.<p>PROJECT SKILLS
-senior, backend developer for high-performance API-driven system
-aws serverless infrastructure
-node + mongo
-ci + test driven dev + markdown documentation
-private blockchain experience a plus<p>To apply, please provide (1) details regarding your experience (2) work profile urls (3) hourly rate for a non-funded early-stage startup project (4) availability per week and (5) when you can start&#x2F;finish.<p>You can reply directly to devrpost&#x2F;at&#x2F;pm.me

by: myschkyna
text: ~ Rotterdam, The Netherlands ~ 25% Remote ~ minimum of 8 weeks<p>Web: VueJS | ES6&#x2F;7 | Quasar |<p>Data: PostgreSQL<p>Cloud: Azure<p>Packages &amp; Tools: Cypress.io | Git |<p>Email: mees.strooker@vanoord.com<p>About: Seeking a specialist in Cypress testing. We are working with a Quasar web framework, and our Cypress tests have become flaky due complex reasons. Also, after updating the Quasar framework tests fail often. Unit tests are also still to be created. Time is short, and so we would like to hire a freelance specialist for a minimum period of 8 weeks.

by: jonathanbull
text: ONSITE&#x2F;REMOTE <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;emailoctopus.com" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;emailoctopus.com</a> | LONDON UK &#x2F; MANCHESTER UK &#x2F; VANCOUVER CA<p>EmailOctopus was created in 2014 by two brothers. Today, we’re a small but mighty team on a mission to make email marketing easier and more affordable.<p>We&#x27;re looking for talented people who can do any of the following:<p>- PHP and Symfony&#x2F;Laravel<p>- Elasticsearch<p>- AWS<p>Email jonathan [@companyname] .com

by: vinrob92
text: &#x2F; SEEKING WORK<p>ManyPixels is an unlimited design service for startups, and agencies.<p>We are looking for a front-end React developer (freelance) to help us create landing pages, work on the content of the marketing website, etc.<p>We are also looking for more clients! (preferably companies with recurring design needs)<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.manypixels.co" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.manypixels.co</a><p>robin@manypixels.co

by: CaioFer
text: Brazil - Remote<p>Email: c410.f3r -- gmail.com<p>Latest project: A constrained NP-problem solver compiled to WASM (<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;c410-f3r.gitlab.io&#x2F;mop-wasm-playground&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;c410-f3r.gitlab.io&#x2F;mop-wasm-playground&#x2F;</a>)<p>Résumé&#x2F;CV: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;drive.google.com&#x2F;file&#x2F;d&#x2F;1FEmV_ni0ahOQT19zfkiIdJm14QB.." rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;drive.google.com&#x2F;file&#x2F;d&#x2F;1FEmV_ni0ahOQT19zfkiIdJm14QB...</a>.<p>Technologies: Golang, Java, JavaScript, NodeJS, PHP, TypeScript, Rust, MySQL, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, Docker, Docker Compose, Eclipse, Linux, Httpd, Nginx, Kubernetes<p>---<p>Bachelor&#x27;s degree, Web developer for 9+ years, Java developer for 4+ years and Rust developer for 2+ years

by: viebel
text: TelAviv, Israel Local<p>We are looking for an expert in the field of data processing to design ETL pipelines for a company in the domain of healthcare.<p>viebel@gmail.com